Quote Originally Posted by caravel
The thing to remember when ambushing from the woods - that is emerging from the woods in a charge to surprise and enemy - is that you should click to select the ambushing unit and then once on the enemy unit, any subsequent clicks will negate the surprise attack penalty that is inflicted on the target.
No wonder I blew it countless times ....

Now that I know and before I make up a new kind of blunder fro scrap , another question comes to my mind. What is the maximum distance between the edge of the woods where you are hiding and your target ?

I assume that hiding in the woods to then run accross the entire map does not count as an ambush. So what's the deal here ? Is the distance taken into account or the time you need to make contact (thus speed and distance) taken into account ?